Coordination of secondary metabolism and development in fungi: The velvet family of regulatory proteins

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-24

  Bayram, Özgür ^a   Braus, Gerhard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fungal development; Light signal; Secondary metabolism; Velvet complex; Velvet superfamily

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN; COP9 SIGNALOSOME; DIACYLGLYCEROL; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXYLIPIN; PENICILLIN G; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN LAEA; PROTEIN METHYLTRANSFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BASIDIOMYCETES; CELL GROWTH; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; FUNGAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNGAL METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPOROGENESIS;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

EID: 83355169636     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00285.x     Document Type: Review

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